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Former Cambridge CEO appointed first national CCIO

8 July 2016

Professor Keith McNeil, the former CEO of Cambridge University Hospitals has been appointed as England’s first national CCIO

Mobile and app news in brief

8 July 2016

This month’s round-up of mobile and app news includes a security ‘destruction tested’ imaging app and projects to help patients with diabetes in hospital and children with asthma in school.

Obsolete NHS IT to be scrapped as security risk

6 July 2016

The government has indicated that there will be a blitz on removing obsolete technology from the NHS that poses a security risk.

Freeman launches consultation on Caldicott proposals

6 July 2016

The government has launched a formal consultation on two of the key proposals in Dame Fiona Caldicott’s latest review of data security and information governance in the NHS.

Care.data dumped after Caldicott review

6 July 2016

The controversial care.data programme has been killed off following the release of Dame Fiona Caldicott’s report recommending sweeping changes to NHS data security.

Tough penalities and better data control – Caldicott

6 July 2016

Dame Fiona Caldicott’s latest review of information governance and data security in the NHS is out; recommending a stronger focus on information security for trusts, as well as new opt-out for patients. Here’s what you need to know.

NHS IT like a “1950s bank” – Swindells

5 July 2016

NHS England’s new commissioning and IT boss has likened the public health system’s technology to a 1950s bank, and says it is lagging behind many comparable countries.